Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-07
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hehop harvest approachss, laoFs
suserest Is felt In the outcome q llss
grop the prospect Of prices, The auss-
e;oa Of picksrs and the probabilities q
here being abundant hep. No ques-
tou veres or perplexes the grower
rors shan this. howeseF solkitOns he
ravb Be abOut the price or tie yield.
~ knows that Il the pickers do not
eome, he Is - done for for the season,
.nd bis labor already bestowed upon
he hops is lost ThisuHeasiness upon
the part Of growers has cost them
THOUSANDS Of dollars ia years gone By,
and vet With q single exception there
has always been 4 supply q piekers
eoming from the far North, the In
asans IN their canoes even from the
confines Of Alaska and all through
British Columbia-the more hops we
have, the more pickers come.
know that what am nov about 10
write VIII cause a ripple Of opposition
and remarks o. disapprobation, and
possibly the motive win be misunder-
sfood. I believe our public school
,efns should be changed 70 3 later
siSse. % conform 70 the time Of com
nlefing the hop harvest. There 4
more han q financial reason for this
10 individuals; it applies 10 the whole
community as well, for reasons not
now necessary here 10 take time 10
stata. To my mind there are even
nere valid reasons than that men,
tiosed, in the heaithful labor induced
TIE out-of-d0or work encouraged and
industrious habits acquired. have
before advocated this doctrine Ia |
schooling, 10 work the knowledge I
N y that Is, not 10 have such exelu-
i've study for part Of. the year and /
then almost = total cessation OF effort |
Of any kind.
Last year it Is estimated there were
over four thousand hop pickers en- /
ragged in harvesting in the two valleys |
II Puyailnp and White river. Not 10 4
sxeeed seven hundred Of these we're
White people, the remainder being prin-
,ipally InaiAns and 4 few Chinamen.
vii not say, with our present popu-
alton, that the proportion Of the two
.hsses might be reversed, but I do say
hat the proportion Of hops picked by
White labor can and ought TO be largely
We have already shipped our hops /
me third around the world 10 the
for consumption, and sue
essfnlly competed with those grown
lpon the spot. In fact, we have done
more. We have compelled the Eng
sh growers 70 destroy large areas OF
ops because they could not compete
nth US. Today am in receipt Of a
liter from q correspondent In Yoko-
anna, Japan, that came "per Cana
ian steamer" which outlines a prob
bic extension Of our hop trade 20 the
Irthermost corners oil the earth.
Westward Is like eastward-whereyer
opulation exists. While this strictly
a business letter, / thought neyerthe-
IS il had public interest, so win give
almost entire. Hewrites under date
July 18th;
The japanese have begun 10 man.
lacture beer To considerable extent. !
he growing OF hops has been tested,
~ it Is found that the flower does not
ave sufficient strength for brewing
urposeS. This arises from some pc
lliarity in the climate, which causes
] Bowers 70 be largely deficient In ,
dor. Hops have been imported from
ermany and the United States via !
an Francisco. have advised JAPAN ,
se buyers 10 import directly from
nget Sound They are willing 10 do ,
J II the price is as low as those pur. ,
lased elsewhere"
Ny correspondent then infinitely de.
ais what Is wanted how the hops are
be put up to suit The Japanese taste, ,
prejudice, or whatever we may call ,
, with the usual Inquiries as 20 price,
st OF transportation, etc,, showing ,
4 earnestness In the inquiry. This !
tier vas dated on the 18th ult., and
'ached me on thepsl9th VIA Victoria or
ancouyer, evidently having come d.
ct by the new line Of steamers plying
'tween China and Japan and the ter
mus Of the Canadian Pacific r. Il.
his demonstrates that we are on the !
Iickest route across the Pacific and +,
Ie nearest Of any Of our coast ports, ,
I'd that the trade in hops, or what
Ter else these people may want, Is
thin our reach II we have a mind TO
ach out for Il. A people more than I
ah IS numerous as thatof the United
.stes, occupying an area not more 1
ian twice as large as that Of Wash /
gton Territory, are certain TO call for ,
rye quantities Of the productions Of I
reign nations, The vast shipments /
-four from our Southern ports 10 !
hina, and which is constantly on the !
crease, will soon be flowing in part l
ON our own. barbOrs, drawn from !
le great inland empire, the grainery ,
the Pacific coast
l have Just been out 10 the rutabaga
ELL, where the cultivation has now I
zen begun with the wheel hoe. The I
zen had just passed the first planting
half an acre while we were testing
A1 urn 70 A&StfNAlu tls HuAutAtA "
sed dropped. remember that when !
ah pound Of seed was planted, with
he drill set for turnips. we found we I
ere getting scant pound per acre; so I
had John set Il 10 the sage guage,
hich gave us two pounds per acre.
ow the result Is that we can see TO
10 row where the change was made,
nd at the latter planting there are five
mes the number Of plants 10 where
lere Is one OF the first; that is. twice ,
he amount Of seed gave five times or
.ore Of plants.
l think this is due in great part to
le mutual help the plants are to each
her in getting through the ground: /
zen In part 10 the fact that there are
aOnt = given number ot casualties 20
given length of row, which, taken
ON the lesser number, leaves very
W 90 survive. ON ave acres Of these,
it'll two pounds to the acre, We have
splendid stand: on half an acre. with
pound II seed 90 the acre. We have
'arcely nothing. We plante these
,lrty inches apart, aud viii give the